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On this question of "let the market decide": Mu MIT Alumni magazine informs me that Julius Ceaser decreed in the year 45 BCE that all private chariots were banned from downtown Rome between 6AM and 4PM. Do you let the market decide when it comes to police, firemen, traffic lights, water, sewerage, etc? Some people do think transportation should be treated similarly.
The train was the RF&P's Blue and Grey, and it ran between Richmond and Washington and was the only RF&P express that was not interlined with either the SAL or the ACL. Blue and Grey were the main colors ot the Confederate Flag.
Southern Pines was on the Seabord main line, a station I used on occasion when stationed at Fort Bragg, but I never heard of a branch line to nearby Pinehurst. (The road linking the two towns was the very first divided four lane highway in the USA with a neutral ground and grass between opposing directions.) If the train ran on the RF&P and Seabord, then I would suspect it was a Washington - Wilmington, NC train. If there was a branch line at one time to Pinehurst. then a short consist but possibly
There may be transition from coal to natural gas unless ways to "scrub" coal power plant exhausts can be found that are less expensive than present methods. Natural gas is also very abundant.
Boston - NY vs. NY Washington. Boston - NY high percentage of college students, vacationers, etc. vs high percentage of business travelers. Longer travel times by rail because of Metro North restrictions. Buses are NOT taking signifacant trips from rail NY -Washington. But despite the desertion to buses, Boston - NY remains a good market for Amtrak, and is bolstered by Providence, New London, and New Haven also being good markets. That is reality, As for speculation, I think overnight sleeper travel
I think I read about a year ago that the B&O built bridge and line connecting with old CNJ line has been rebuilt and is in operation to a container port on the Island. The right of way between the container Port and the St> Geroge terminal is intact and there have been many studies about converting it to rapid transit, light rail, bus way, etc. Doesn;t Clifton yard have a water connection? I seem to remember it does, from many years ago, and this would have permitted barging the R-44's
Amtrak operated Slumbercoaches on the Broadway Limited from Amtrak's start, and this continued until either the Broadway or the slumbercoach operations were discontinued. Rode it. I believe the CB&Q and NP were exceptions in that their Slumbercoaches, shared between them, were operated by Pullman. Also, regarding the CB&Q operated Slumbercoach each way on the Blackhawk, chicago - Twin cities: Porter in charge, since only one car. This is what my memory says.
Do all readers of this thread know what the major USA (also possibly Canadian, definitely Israel, I believe some other "developed" coutries, but probably not Switzerland or Holland) are? It happens to be what happens on the highways. And for that reason alone I support High Speed Rail. And for that reason alone, my Christmas card mailing to my many USA friends is going to include an adaption of something I downloaded from this Forum a number of years ago: A Christmas Message from a North
1. I agree about the Budd 10 and 6's, especially since many already incurred the expense for conversion to head end power and retention toilets. That money should not have been wasted, and those cars kept as a reserve fleet. Ditto Budd coaches. And diners and lounges. 2. I too was a Slumbercoach fan, rode them on the Denver Zephyr, the de-Pullmaned Century, after Amtrak's start the Broadway, the Backhawk, the Mainstreeter or North Coast Limited, a B&O train between Pittsburgh and Washington
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